Health Professions at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if New Mexico State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and has a total student population of 14,227. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students received their master's degree in health professions.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.

NMSU Main Campus Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, NMSU Main Campus does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Health Professions Rankings

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #484 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 health professions majors earned their master's degree from NMSU Main Campus. Of these graduates, 17% were men and 83% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	16
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New Mexico State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	24
Nursing	19
Communication Sciences	18
Mental & Social Health Services	9

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Personal Care Aides	27,300	$21,020
Registered Nurses	16,730	$71,730
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	9,720	$53,930
Nursing Assistants	6,200	$28,310
Medical Assistants	5,960	$30,750

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.